Greta Rosanna Bellamacina (born 16 September 1990) is a British actress, poet and filmmaker.
Early life Bellamacina was born in Hampstead, London, England, and raised in Camden. She attended Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to study acting, before attending King's College London, where she graduated with a BA in English.
Acting In 2019 Bellamacina was nominated for Best Performance at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for her lead role in Hurt by Paradise, which was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at Edinburgh, and for Best UK Feature at the Raindance Film Festival.
She worked with Michael Winterbottom in 2022, playing the part of Cleo Watson in his six-part political TV drama This England (originally titled This Sceptred Isle) for Sky Atlantic and Now. The same year she worked on Clio Barnard's adaptation of The Essex Serpent for Apple TV. She played the lead role in the Italian director Riccardo Vannuccini's duology Commedia (2023) and Things and Other Things (2025). Her performance in Commedia earned her a Stanley Kubrick Award for Best Actress at the Stanley Film Awards.
She co-starred in Jaclyn Bethany's acclaimed film Tell That to the Winter Sea (2024), alongside Amber Anderson. The Guardian wrote, "Bellamacina shares a striking chemistry with Anderson. Playing different ages is a difficult task, and the two actresses embody both schoolgirl angst and grownup blues with impressive ease ... the symbiotic alchemy between long-time collaborators Bethany and Bellamacina remains impressive, and an auspicious sign for their future projects."
Further film credits include Jamie Adams' British romantic drama Venice at Dawn (2023), in which Bellamacina plays the co-lead opposite Fabien Frankel. She portrayed the protagonist the Duchess of Berry in Luis Leitao's film Lake-Mouthed (2024). Variety has announced she will appear as co-lead alongside Honor Swinton Byrne, playing sisters, in Jaclyn Bethany's next film, All Five Eyes (2025).
Poetry Bellamacina was shortlisted as Young Poet Laureate of London in 2014.
In 2016, Bellamacina and artist Robert Montgomery co-founded New River Press. In 2016 Bellamacina co-wrote a collection of collaborative poetry with Montgomery entitled Points for Time in the Sky, a psychogeographical journey through modern Britain, and a rare example of collaborative poetry in British literature.
In 2018, she was commissioned by the National Poetry Library to write a group of poems for their Odyssey series, modern mediations on Homer's Odyssey. In the same year, she published her collection,Selected Poems 2015–2017. Pierpaolo Piccioli commissioned Bellamacina to write ten love poems to coincide with his FW19 collection for Valentino fashion house.
Bellamacina's poetry collection Tomorrow's Woman was published in 2020 by US publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing alongside a volume of feminist poetry she edited titled Smear. In the same year the collection was translated into Spanish and published by Valparaíso Ediciones with translations by poet Juan José Vélez Otero. The collection was launched at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris.
In 2024 she issued another poetry collection entitled Who Will Make The Fire, published by Cheerio Publishing.
Awards In 2019, Bellamacina's debut film Hurt by Paradise was nominated for "Best UK Feature" at both Raindance Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival 73rd edition. Bellamacina was also nominated for the prestigious Michael Powell Award for her performance as Celeste. Filmotomy said "Bellamacina has it in her to become one of the great contemporary female voices in British cinema." The Evening Standard wrote, "Bellamacina is as precise and bold as Joanna Hogg."
In 2022, Bellamacina won the Stanley Kubrick Award for Best Actress at the Stanley Film Awards for her performance in Riccardo Vannuccini's film Commedia.
Modelling Bellamacina has appeared in ads for brands such as Prada, Chanel, Rimmel London, Mulberry, Stella McCartney, ‘Paul & Joe’ and The Vampire's Wife. She has walked in catwalk shows such as Dilara Fındıkoğlu and Dolce & Gabbana.
She has featured internationally on magazine covers such as Harper's Bazaar, Exit, Marie Claire, Numéro, and L'Officiel.
She has worked with photographers such as Jurgen Teller, Liz Collins, Tom Craig, Rankin (photographer), Cass Bird, Venetia Scott and Oliver Hadlee Pearch.
Personal life Bellamacina is married to Scottish artist-poet Robert Montgomery, and the couple have two children. 3 children 2 sons one daughter
Filmography Film Year Title Character Notes2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Stephanie Warner Bros2010 Impossible Feet Barbie BraineHownd Films2013 Blake's Wife Catherine Blake San Francisco Love Story Willow 2014 A Surrealist Account After Dark Ella Directed by Eduardo Gonzalez2016 Romanic Love Pregnant Sitter Directed by Alex Franco2017 Myths Not for Sale Blaise Directed and co-written by Greta Bellamacina The Last Birthday Maria Romanova European Independent Film Award2018 Indigo Valley Jane 2019 Hurt by Paradise Celeste Nominated for The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019EIFF 2019 Official Awards Edinburgh International Film Festival. Retrieved 28 July 2019.2020 The Long Game Felicity Directed by Lauren McLaughlin2021 Highway 1 Ina Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2022 Venice at Dawn Sally Directed by Jamie Adams Free Directed by Lauren McLaughlin2023 Commedia Irene Directed by Riccardo Vannuccini Lake-Mouthed Duchess of Berry Directed by Luis Leitao2024 Tell That to the Winter Sea Jo Directed by Jaclyn Bethany2025 Things and Other Things Irene Directed by Riccardo Vannuccini Weaving Anni Albers Anni Albers Directed by Alessandro Del Vigna TBA All Five Eyes
Television Year Title RoleDirectorNotes2022 This England Cleo Watson Directed by Michael Winterbottom & Julian Jarrold Recurring role Sky Atlantic and Now The Essex Serpent Directed by Clio Barnard Apple TV+ series
Theatre Year Title Notes 2022 "Ara Pacis" Special performance held at Ara Pacis 2026 "Oh Pseudolus!" Greta played the lead character Pseudolus at Cockpit Theatre
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